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Join Us for This Month's Safety Council Meeting
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
11:30 AM
Our Lady of the Cedars
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HEALTHY BACKS & BODIES™ for The Keyboard Commando
Position for Success: Ergonomics That Work
Tanya (Weiker) Snowden
Program Creator and Master Instructor
Healthy Backs & Bodies™
Work doesn’t have to hurt. Discover how to dial in your workstation, outsmart desk discomfort, and build simple habits that help you — and your employees — work better, feel better, and perform your best.
Talking Points:
- The Big Three of Your Desk Environment — Mastering Monitor, Workstation, and Chair Setup
- Guided Ergonomic Self-Assessment — Make Your Space Work for You with Proper Alignment
- Positioning for Laptops, Handheld Devices, Sitting, Standing, and Walking at Your Desk
- Micro-Break Interventions to Improve Fluidity, Oxygenation, Mobility, Efficiency, and Productivity
Tanya (Weiker) Snowden is the HEALTHY BACKS & BODIES™ Program Creator, Master Instructor, Safety Consultant, and Back Health Specialist. She is a Sports-Orthopedic Physical Therapist, Certified Ergonomics Assessment Specialist (CEAS), Advanced Office Ergonomics Assessment Specialist (AOEAS), Remote Ergonomics Assessment Specialist (REAS), JFB-MFR Clinician, and a patented inventor of the TheraBand® CLX, as well as a published author.
‘If only I had known this sooner…’
During her time as an Orthopedic SportsHealth Spine Specialist at The Cleveland Clinic, it was this sentiment, frequently shared with Tanya by her ‘back’ patients as she taught them how to re-train and re-store proper body positions and the underlying biomechanics innate to safe, healthy, efficient movement, that eventually catapulted her out into the injury prevention training arena. Knowing that much of this pain & dysfunction, and many of these injuries, were preventable if only people knew how to inhabit their bodies and move them correctly, Tanya created HEALTHY BACKS & BODIES™ to reach a larger audience and to reach them ahead of time.
Her programs are the culmination of 25 years of hands-on treating, clinical insight, clinical and corporate teaching, and her intense drive to empower people and corporations to take action before the pain and dysfunction show themselves. She teaches and consults with the conviction and passion that can only come from an authentic love for the subject matter and from one who lives it every day.
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FY27 Safety Council Rebate Program
(7/1/26 to 6/30/27)
As the FY26 Safety Council Program year concludes on June 30, the BWC has announced that the Safety Council Rebate Program will continue for FY27. The program maintains the 3% BWC rebate (up to $5,000) and the requirement of 10 meeting credits.
Credits may be obtained by:
- Monthly safety council meeting attendance - One credit per month for attending the enrolled council's meetings between July 1, 2026 and June 30, 2027.
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External training credits - Up to two credits for completing BWC safety training courses (in-person or virtual training courses (VTC) only, in-person safety training from external providers (e.g., industry associations, TPA's, or attendance at the Ohio Safety Congress & Expo - one credit per day of in-person attendance (maximum of two credits). External training certificates must be submitted to the safety council sponsor by June 30, 2027.
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BWC on-site safety consultation - Two credits (limited to once every three years). Must include a full hazard assessment, a claims review and submission of the official BWC Assessment Report to the safety council sponsor by June 30, 2027
Enrollment Information:
- Current Members: If your company is listed here, you do not need to file a new enrollment form; your membership will automatically carry forward to FY27.
- New Enrollments: If your company is not listed and you wish to participate in FY27, please submit a new enrollment form by September 30, 2026.
Attachments:
- Enrollment form (for new participants)
- Annual invoice (pre-paying for the year includes one free meeting)
Reminders:
- Please submit any external training certificates for the current program year by June 30, 2026.
You may review your current FY26 meeting credits here.
View the External Training Guide for Employers here.
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Cari's Safety Corner
Question: I am hearing a lot about ticks right now. What do I need to know to stay safe?
Answer: Most tick bites are painless and cause only minor signs and symptoms, such as redness, swelling or a sore on the skin. But some ticks
transmit bacteria that cause illnesses, including Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
Prevention:
• Avoid areas where ticks live
• Use tick repellents
• Cover up to keep ticks off your body.
• Don't let ticks hitchhike inside on your clothing.
• Check your whole body for ticks and shower as soon as possible when you come inside
First Aid:
• Remove the tick promptly and carefully. Use fine-tipped forceps or tweezers to grasp the tick as close to your skin as possible. Gently pull out the tick using a slow and steady upward motion. Avoid twisting or squeezing the tick. Don't handle the tick with bare hands. Experts don't recommend using petroleum jelly, fingernail polish or a hot match
to remove a tick.
• If possible, seal the tick in a container. Put the container in a freezer. Your doctor may want to see the tick if you develop new symptoms.
• Wash your hands and the bite site. Use warm water and soap, rubbing alcohol, or an iodine scrub.
• Seek emergency care if you develop a severe headache, difficulty breathing, paralysis, heart palpitations. Contact your doctor if you can’t completely remove the tick, the rash gets bigger, you develop flu-like symptoms, the bite site appears infected, or you think you were bitten by a deer tick.
Check out these resources for more details and videos:
Tickborne Diseases in Ohio | Ohio Department of Health
Ticks in Ohio | Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ohiodnr.gov)
Ticks | Ticks | CDC
| Cari Gray is an Industrial Safety Consultant Specialist with the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation (BWC). | | |
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Upcoming Health & Wellness events in
Summit County, Ohio
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Upcoming SCSC Training
CPR, First Aid, AED, Bloodborne Pathogen, Stop the Bleed
September 22, 2026 - 8:30am - 2:00pm
Our Lady of the Cedars
507 S Cleveland Massillon Rd
Fairlawn OH 44333
Cost for active SCSC Members - $50.00 (includes lunch)
Our CPR training and certification program offers comprehensive instruction in CPR, First Aid, AED Use, Bloodborne Pathogens Training and Stop the Bleed Certification. Expert instructors from Shull Medical Educators will guide you through the training and provide certification upon completion. Certified by the Health and Safety Institute (HSI).
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Advertising Sponsorships
As a forum for workplace health and safety, Summit County Safety Council is offering opportunities for your company to showcase your product/services in front of approximately 150 people in the Health, Safety, Environmental and HR Fields during a monthly safety council meeting in the upcoming fiscal year (7/1/26 to 6/30/27).
Advertising opportunities include:
- E-newsletter ad for the month of sponsorship (sent the beginning of the month to approx. 700 contacts)
- Logo on meeting reminder (sent two days prior to meeting)
- Name and Link from our events page to sponsor's website for one month prior to meeting
- Commercial speaking time up to 5 minutes during opening of the meeting
- Display table at meeting for promotional materials, brochures, signage
- Up to two paid lunches for sponsored meeting
Criteria:
- The service or products your company provides must have some degree of relevance or be aligned with our objectives.
- Newsletter ad info such as logo, tagline, contact information, call to action statement, etc. must be submitted by the 29th day of the month prior to the month of sponsorship.
- Limit to one event per year.
- We have a no-soliciting policy and cannot provide our membership contact information. However, a membership roster can be found on our website.
Cost: $200.00
Interested in sponsoring a meeting? Have questions or need more information? Call Sally Cox at 330-806-1676 or email summitcountysafetycouncil@gmail.com.
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